Why Are Rich, White Girls Struggling in Math?
A new study reveals the extent to which children’s geographic surroundings contribute to gender disparities in schools.
by Alia Wong
Jun 18, 2018
3 minutes
In recent years, the common wisdom has been that girls are dominating when it comes to . In reading in particular, girls . Some studies have also found that in a typical U.S. school district, girls —a subject in which they had historically underperformed and from which they’d been discouraged thanks to persistent stereotypes about their academic interests. Take away , the thinking goes, and girls will do just as well as boys in the STEM fields.
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